eBay To Block Sale of E-Bikes

[Twozaskars]

That article comments page has someone mention scooters and hoverboards too, which I think should come under the same rules, but where do you draw the line?
Even Dewalt had an incident;
https://www.protoolreviews.com/dewalt-prototype-lawn-mower-catches-fire/

 

[Twozaskars]

We should expect this to be the short end of the wedge.. a ban on the sale of e-powered everything will probably follow for private sellers.

I don’t know how one can differentiate between lithium battery operated e-bikes, power tools, e-scooters, seller refurbed laptops..ect

I'm starting to think about the box I have in the garage full of old phones and laptops etc. perhaps now's the time to take a trip to Cash Monkey.

 

[Betsy]

Boxes of hazardous e-waste fetch good money!

 

[Betsy]

It’ll be interesting to see what effect this has on the market.. as a consumer, knowing there is no resale value in your e-goods.. do you choose a better quality, repairable product for it’s longevity.. or do you choose ever cheaper, ever more disposable?

 

[Twozaskars]

It’ll be interesting to see what effect this has on the market.. as a consumer, knowing there is no resale value in your e-goods.. do you choose a better quality, repairable product for it’s longevity.. or do you choose ever cheaper, ever more disposable?

Option B

 

[Betsy]

I use a 10yr old macbook, 12yr old festool power tools, 10yr old Vorwerk vacuum, 15yr old Canon 400D and an iphone4 so I’m already an Option A kinda guy

 

[minor_LEGEND]

Is this ban to do with dangerous batteries or the popularity of stolen e-Bikes?

 

[Twozaskars]

Is this ban to do with dangerous batteries or the popularity of stolen e-Bikes?

Plenty of motocross bikes get twoc'd and they're not an issue.

 

[d8mok]

Is this ban to do with dangerous batteries or the popularity of stolen e-Bikes?

Dangerous batteries.

It will stop all the cheap converted non CE marked ones.

Almost makes you want to set up a company to buy second hand e-bikes , and sell them on eBay. As Joe -bloggs is now going to struggle to move them on easily.

 

[Twozaskars]

Dangerous batteries.

It will stop all the cheap converted non CE marked ones.

Almost makes you want to set up a company to buy second hand e-bikes , and sell them on eBay. As Joe -bloggs is now going to struggle to move them on easily.

I thought we were keeping that idea secret
Seriously though, that's a pretty good idea.